Makenna Goodman 
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Makenna Goodman is the Community Outreach Coordinator at Chelsea Green Publishing, providing information and resources on the politics and practice of sustainable living. She co-operates a small farm in rural Vermont, and alongside Grist, has written for Huffington Post, TreeHugger, AlterNet and PlanetGreen. www.chelseagreen.com
Makenna Goodman’s Posts
A Farmer Speaks
The new wave of urban farming (and fresh food from small spaces!) 1
Posted 2 weeks agoIn Fresh Food from Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener's Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting, author R. J. Ruppenthal makes sense of this seemingly counter-intuitive idea -- that farming has to be done outside, with a red barn and rolling fields of wheat. Because, it doesn't! It is possible to grow your own food indoors, in cramped spaces, and without access to land.A FARMER SPEAKS
Bee here, now: organic apiary in a chemical world 6
Posted 1 month, 1 week agoBeekeeping is rising in popularity--from urban rooftops to backyard hives, the world is abuzz with interest in homegrown honey. Pioneering beekeeper Ross Conrad delivers the bitter and the sweet news about organic honey. His words might just give you hives.A FARMER SPEAKS
Richard Wiswall on the business of organic farming 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks agoContrary to popular belief, organic farmers can make a living. Makenna Goodman talks to organic farmer Richard Wiswall, whose new manifesto The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to Managing Finances, Crops, and Staff -- and Making a Profit, is a road map for both farming, and financial success.A farmer speaks
Farmer Gene Logsdon on the promise of a home 'pancake patch' 7
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks agoFarmer Gene Logsdon on why you don't need 5,000 acres and a huge tractor to grow some wheat for family and friends.